Some time ago I asked my Dutch readers what tutorial they would like to see. One of the favourites was the magic ring, also known as the adjustable ring. Below you'll find a photo tutorial on how to do that. What's so great about the magic ring is that is closes the top of your work really neat. For those of you who would like to actually see it done I uploaded the movie that's on top of this post. If you still think it is too complicated, remember that there's always another way. For instance: if a pattern says you have to make 6 single crochet in a magic ring, you can also do this: chain 2, do 6 single crochet in the 2nd chain from hook. That's it, so no worries if you can't get it done but I'm sure you will get it done if you practice enough. Good luck! And don't forget to vote on your favourite link at Link Your Stuff!
*** More tutorials will be added soon: how to crochet a granny square, how to attach a granny square to another granny square, increase/decrease. Do you want another tutorial that's not mentioned here? Let me know! ***

3. Leg de draad waar je mee werkt dwars over de andere draden - Place the thread that you're working with across the other threads.

4. Steek de haaknaald onder de twee draden door en sla de draad waar je mee werkt om de naald - Place your crochet hook underneath the two threads and wrap the yarn that you're working with around your hook.

5. Trek de draad onder de twee draden door - Pull the yarn from underneath the two threads.

6. Sla de draad weer om de naald - Wrap the yarn around the crochet hook.

7. Trek de draad door de lus. Dit is de eerste lus en deze telt niet als een vaste. - Pull the yarn through the loop. This is the first loop and this one doens't count as a single crochet.

8. Doe de naald nogmaals onder de twee draden door en sla de draad weer om de naald - Place the yarn underneath the two threads one more time and wrap the yarn around the hook.

9. Trek de draad onder de twee draden door - Pull the thread from underneath the two threads.

10. Sla de draad weer om de naald - Wrap the yarn around the hook again.

11. Trek er doorheen en je hebt je eerste vaste - Pull through and you have your first single crochet.

12. Op de foto hierboven heb ik nog een tweede vaste in de ring gehaakt en vervolgens de ring van mijn vinger gehaald. Ga nu verder met vasten maken in de ring tot je genoeg hebt. - On the picture above I made another single crochet and after that I removed the ring from my finger. Now keep making single crochets in the ring until you have enough.

13. Trek nu aan het einde van de draad en kijk welke draad als eerste in de ring verdwijnt. Trek aan die draad zodat de andere draad naar binnen verdwijnt. Als je dat niet doet, dan zul je zien dat die draad later niet in de ring zal verdwijnen. - Now pull the end of the yarn to see what thread disappears in the ring first. Pull the disappearing thread so the other one goes first. If you don't do that, it's not possible to pull that thread in the ring later on.

14. Als alles goed is gegaan is een draad in de ring verdwenen en is de andere lus nog over - If everything went well the thread disappeared in the ring and you have on loop left.

16. En zo ziet het er uit als je eerst 6 vasten hebt gehaakt in de ring, en vervolgens hebt gemeerderd in de volgende rij tot 12 vasten - And this is what is looks like if you did 6 single crochet in the ring, and decreased around in the next row to 12 single crochet.